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    "summary": "Twenty-four hours of portable CW from Ireland over the first June weekend, on six bands including top band.",
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    "source_note": "irts.ie/cgi/st.cgi?r_hffdrules.html, IRTS's own Field Day rules, with the dates and deadlines from irts.ie/cgi/st.cgi?test_calendar, IRTS's own Rules & Calendar page. 'From 15:00 UTC Saturday to 15:00 UTC Sunday on the first full weekend in June.' Bands: '1.8, 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz bands'. Exchange: 'Signal report, serial number (starting 001 for the first contact)'. Entrants: 'Any individual or group operating in EI complying with Rule 3.6 of the General Rules and operating portable on a site'. The calendar gives 6-7 June 2026 with logs due 21 June. Checked 2026-08-23."
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